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A tribute to Dr Robert Edwards AO: welcome and keynote address
Andrew Sayers, Director, National Museum of Australia and Neil MacGregor, Director, British Museum
A tribute to Bob Edwards, 22 March 2011
A welcome by Andrew Sayers followed by Neil MacGregor’s reflections on Bob Edwards as museum curator, anthropologist and archaeologist, founding director of the Aboriginal Arts Board and exhibitions wheeler and dealer.
Early curatorial career at the South Australian Museum
Dr Philip Jones, South Australian Museum
A tribute to Bob Edwards, 22 March 2011
Highlights from Bob Edwards’ fieldwork, collecting Aboriginal stone tools and documenting rock art and engravings, and his time at the South Australian Museum in the 1960s–70s.
Bob Edwards: museums and archaeology
John Mulvaney, Mike Smith, Dick Kimber, Nic Peterson, Robin Hirst and Dr Philip Jones
A tribute to Bob Edwards, 22 March 2011
An esteemed panel discusses Bob Edwards’ impact in the fields of archaeology, anthropology, museums and museum management.
Foundation of the Aboriginal Arts Board
Carole Johnson, John Moriarty, Chris Fondum and Jenny Isaacs
A tribute to Bob Edwards, 22 March 2011
Former members of the Aboriginal Arts Board describe the years of its establishment under the directorship of Bob Edwards.
Exhibition launch: Not Just Ned: A true history of the Irish in Australia
Daniel Gilbert, Simon Crean, Frances Fitzgerald, Tom Keneally and Andrew Sayers
Not Just Ned Irish series, 16 March 2011
Author Tom Keneally officially launches the National Museum’s new exhibition about the Irish contribution to Australia. Includes a performance by the Alan Kelly Quartet and speeches by the Federal Arts Minister and new Irish children’s minister.
In the national interest: the National Museum of Australia
Andrew Sayers, Director, National Museum of Australia
16 March 2011
In this National Press Club address Andrew Sayers talks about how the ideas that have shaped us as a nation, and continue to shape our thinking, can be illuminated and debated in the National Museum of Australia.
Audio courtesy of the National Press Club.
Stirring the pot: women in the business of food
Donna Lee Brien, Marion Halligan, Janet Jeffs and Dr Adele Wessell
6 March 2011
Women are strongly represented in Australia’s food industry as producers, chefs, cookbook authors and creative writers. Chef Janet Jeffs, novelist Marion Halligan and food historians Adele Wessell and Donna Lee Brien explore women’s stories about food.
Collectorfest: a right royal celebration
Guy Hansen and Professor Peter Spearritt
13 February 2011
Curator Guy Hansen and passionate royal memorabilia collector Professor Peter Spearritt discuss Australia’s fascination with royalty and then showcase five items belonging to collectors from the audience.
Question and answer session with Archie Roach and friends
Bill Johnson, Archie Roach, Michael Long and Stephen Munro
22 January 2011
Songman Archie Roach, former AFL star and Indigenous activist Michael Long, and Bill Johnson, whose Indigenous son Louis died tragically, with curator Stephen Munro, answer questions from the audience following the screening of the film Liyarn Ngarn.
Yalangbara: Art of the Djang’kawu: exhibition launch
Mawalan 2 Marika, Matilda House, Franchesca Cubillo, Dr Margo Neale and Andrew Sayers
9 December 2010
After introductions by Andrew Sayers and Dr Margo Neale and a welcome to country by Matilda House, Mawalan 2 Marika speaks on behalf of the Marika family, followed by Franchesca Cubillo, senior Indigenous art curator at the National Gallery of Australia.
